A vampire hedgehog, a pygmy pipehorse and a "blob-headed" fish were among the hundreds of new species identified in 2024. The ...

According to their research, the extinct genus Palaeophis was part of a group of prehistoric sea snakes from the Eocene epoch ...

Discover the species that range from a blob-nosed fish to a snake named after Leonardo DiCaprio.

A vegetarian piranha from the Amazon and a flying dinosaur found on the Isle of Skye are among the species previously unknown ...

The elephant trunk snake belongs to the genus Acrochordus, which includes a few different species, such as the Javan file snake (Acrochordus javanicus). While the Javan file snake is the most well ...

The king cobra’s scientific name, Ophiophagus hannah, was first given in 1836 by Danish zoologist Theodore Edward Cantor.

New finds include a snake from the Indian Himalayas named after actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio and the piranha named after Lord Of The Rings villain Sauron Myloplus sauron, a ...